Weeklypractice 1第二部分阅读理解（ 共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThanks for signing up for the 2014 Black Friday Turkey Trot! This email will provide some basics about the race and some great n ews!First, your race packet (参赛物品包 )is ready and can be picked up at the Fleet Feet Sports Tulsa location you ' ve specified during registration. Hours for pickup.Tuesday, 10 am to 8 pm (Fleet Feet Kin gs Poi nt) Tuesday, 10 am to 7 pm (Fleet Feet Blue Dome)Wedn esday, 10 am to 5 pm (both stores, clos ing early for Than ksgiv ing)Packets can also be picked up on the race day at BOK Cen ter, begi nning at 8:30 am. Race Start Times1) 5 mile, 8:30 am 2) 1 mile fun run, 9:30 amParkingThere is surface parking to the east of the BOK Center, and some surface parking to the west of the Convention Cen ter. Many lots will be pay-lots. Please pay atte nti on to the sig ns. We suggest arrivi ng early to find park ing. Raci ng Timi ngThe 5 km run will be timed using the BIB-TAG system. Your race number will have a timing device attached to the back of the race number; don' t remove or bend this device. Simply wear the Bib on the front of your body on theoutside of your clothi ng so it is visible and facing forward. You donthe Bib, whith^ d itoDostubie.The Turkey Trot is also a kick- off event for our weekend long “ FITNATIC ” -cw e batetoohave a hugenumber of events and specials all weekend. For more information, please visit .See you on Friday.21. Where should a runner go to pick up his packet at 8:30 am on Friday?A. Kings Poi nt.B. Con ve ntion Ce nter. 22. How long will the FITNATIC celebration last? A. Seven days.B. Five days23. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To attract sports fans to apply for the activity.B. To inform the race participa nts of the activity.C. To describe details related to the activity.D. To collect money for the park in g-lots.BMore than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are drunk throughout the world each day, and it' s likelybitter. Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink sweeter by changing the color of their cups.Researchers from Oxford set out to prove whether the claim that coffee drunk from a white cup tastes biter was true. They used 36 volun teers and three differe nt colored cups---blue, white and tran spare nt glass--- to exam ine the claim.In one experime nt, the white cup in creased the inten sity ( 浓度)of the coffee taste relative to the tran spare nt cup. The n, in a sec ond experime nt, coffee drunk from the white cup was found to taste less sweet whe n compared to the other colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.The scientists believe that the color brown may be associated with bitterness, and coffee in a white cup appearsC. Blue Dome C. Two daysD. BOK Center D. One day.the brownest.“Our study clearly shows that the color of a cup does influence our sense of the coffee taste, George Doorn, wrote in an article for The Conversation . “The effect of the color of the cup on the taste of the coffee reported here suggests that cafe owners shoul d carefully consider the color of their cups,” he said.effects may spell the difference between a one- time purchase and a return customer.”Actually, the idea that color can change the food and drink taste came out many years ago. A study published last year reported that red, strawberry-flavored cake served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter than the same food presented on a black plate.A. coffee in a white cup tastes sweeter than that in a transparent glassB. over 2 billion cups of sweet coffee are drunk worldwide each year.C. Dr. George Doorn wrote an article about making conversations.D. the idea that color could affect the taste of drink is not new.We should feel grateful in our heart when we accept anything others sacrifice for us. However, we often unconsciously do the opposite, which may not be regarded as returning kindness with ingratitude, but have the equal power to harm each other. In particular, the closer the relationship is, the more determined we are.Jennifer, my friend Randy's mother, is already over 70, poor eyesight and weak legs. But due to her character,she chose to live alone in the suburbs. No matter how busily Randy works, he would go there to visit her once or twice every week.That day as soon as he parked his car, Randy smelt the delicious smell of meat coming from her mother His mother said,“ Your birthday is coming next week, so I' m prepar 猪蹄)OfOrtyriters ( ” Seeing thesteaming delicious trotters, he couldn't help complaining,“I don 't like these things at all, so fatty.On his way back, he called me, saying that he felt sorry. In fact, he longed to thank his mother and eat up that bowl of trotters. But he felt sorry that it took her too much time and energy. If he didn't stop hafraid the same thing would continue. He would rather not eat trotters any more than have his mother overwork. I understand how he felt exactly. Each of us has done like that. Because of feeling sorry for others s 'acrifice, we purposely harden our heart against accepting others' favor and even criticize them severely in order to frighten thgoodness away and make them never do that again.This method may work, but it will hurt each other's feelings. It 's not wrong logically, but we alwaysanother sound deep in our heart: because we ' reafraid we can ' repay them, we ' reunwilling to shoulder others ' goodness. Sowe reduce its value and refuse it severely. But to destroy others ' goodness is also to deny28. Randy refuse to eat the pork trotters his mother cooked because __ .The24. The passage is mainly about ____ .A. the popularity of sweet coffee. C. the effect of cup color on coffee25. In which cup will coffee taste the sweetest?A. A white cup.B. A blue cup. 26. Caf e owners should consider their cups A. reduce the daily expensesC. appeal to more customers27. We learn from the passage that ____ .B. an experiment made in Oxford. D '. ussteafsutletips on how to make coffee.C. A transparent cupD. A brown cup' color in order to _______ .B. show their taste in coffee D. make their caf diffe e rent.A. he disliked them at allC. they weren 't his favorite taste29. Randy telephoned the author to ____ .A. express his apology to his mother C. apologize for his rudeness30. According to the author, we sometimes sayB. they were really very fatty.D. he didn 't want her to overwork. B. complain about his mother D. ask for a bowl of trotters.“no ” to others ' favor so thatA. they can be frightened awayB. they won ' t continue doing thatC. we needn ' t repay them laterD. we won ' t feel sorry for their sacrifice31. In the last paragraph, the author implies that we should __ .A. refuse others ' favor immediatelyB. deal with others ' favor wiselyC. repay others ' good ness activelyD. shoulder others ' good ness completely.DFor a while, I wrote a “ Tuesdayip ”n my blog . It was about easy week-night dinners, organizing parties or perhaps finding time out for friends.About a year ago, I ran out of tips.The truth? As a busy working mom with five busy kids, I probably do have a few tips to share. But honestly, the bar is set pretty low--- on a recent day when I was walking our dog, a stranger who knew I had five kids said, You have a dog, too?! And it even looks like you shower ed today! ” Yes, it ' s true, I shower. Not every day, but most days. See, I ' m tell ing the truth. Hon estly, in this cold win ter, I ' m probably tak ing a shower more to wclea n up.Other funny truths? I ' m tired. In fact, for the past year, h too tired to type up aBybupdate on our life herein Lyons Den .It ' s hard to arrange a career with all these kids. Although folks just believe that it must be so much easier now since all the kids are in school, I ' m here to tell you, inot. When I'get h o tme from'worteallyI ' m often tearfully greeted by five kids and five homework folders filled with math facts, invitations, notices and artwork.All those happy smiling faces I share on Facebook are real. We are a happy family---thank God for that! But we' re not always smiling, and even in those rare best times when I can get all five kids looking at the camera, the odds would be that one of them isn' t wearing underwear, one is 捏ir）chnigeone behind the scenes and one isjust perfectly pronouncing “ Damn!"So, less perfectly -posed pictures, but more telling the truth. Even if only on Tuesday.32. It seems that the author ' s life used to be ____ .A. tiri ngB. busyC. relax ingD. funny33. Which of the following is true about the author?A. She can ' t get along well with her neighbors.B. She ' s living a happy life with her familyC. She likes to have a shower every day.D. She has already closed her blog now.34. Which of the followi ng words can best take the place of the word odds?A. an swers.B. cha nces.C. soluti onsD. ways.35. The passage mainly talks about ____ .A. the happ in ess of a work ing motherB. the worry of a work ing motherC. the hardship of a worki ng motherD. the bittersweet of a worki ng mother第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。